Comment Television GOOD. Internet BAD. (Score 2) 278
Is 1900-1949 really better than past 50 years? The jury is still out, so to speak, as evidenced by the number of US executions since 1930.
Looks like between 1930 and 1949 we were going hog-wild on executions. Average nearly 150 a year. Lots of people whacking each other. Nothing better to do.
But then TV came along. By 1968 people found watching Star Trek and Green Acres and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom much more amusing than whacking each other. No executions for capital crimes between 1968 and 1976.
Then Disco came in 1977 but only a few people whacked each other over it. It wasn't until the advent of 100+ channel cable in 1984 and the crappy shows that came with it that people started losing interest in the tube.
The Internet has really fouled things up. In the last five years more people have been executed than in the entire period from 1962 to 1994. Probably from people whacking each other while waiting for their files to download. Have you ever heard "You've Got Mail!" played backwards?
I'm hoping that ubiquitous broadband will bring television to the Internet and reverse this trend.
Looks like between 1930 and 1949 we were going hog-wild on executions. Average nearly 150 a year. Lots of people whacking each other. Nothing better to do.
But then TV came along. By 1968 people found watching Star Trek and Green Acres and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom much more amusing than whacking each other. No executions for capital crimes between 1968 and 1976.
Then Disco came in 1977 but only a few people whacked each other over it. It wasn't until the advent of 100+ channel cable in 1984 and the crappy shows that came with it that people started losing interest in the tube.
The Internet has really fouled things up. In the last five years more people have been executed than in the entire period from 1962 to 1994. Probably from people whacking each other while waiting for their files to download. Have you ever heard "You've Got Mail!" played backwards?
I'm hoping that ubiquitous broadband will bring television to the Internet and reverse this trend.
